Telephone-booth and the method of manufacturing the same.



A. BEHAN.

TELEPHONE BOOTH AND THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30. I9I5.

Patented June 19, 1917.

ALBERT BnnAN, or rrrnscfrvvr1N.e,A ari/sagra', g:

TELEPHONE-BOOTH AND METHOD F MANUFACTURING THE SAME.

specification @framers Patent. Patented June 19 1917 Application filed June 30, 1915. Serial No. 37,172.

`and substantially sound-proof telephone booth at a minimum cost, and to that end I preferably employ corrugated paper for the body and ends of the booth, and produce the same in the manner more fully hereinafter described.

The invention is illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my improved form of booth;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational View thereof;

Figs. 3 and l are horizontal sectional views; and

Fig. 5 illustrates the parts of the boothdisassembled and in condition to be shipped.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 denotes the body of the booth, which is preferably oblong in form with rounded corners. This body is formed by winding a long sheet, or a series of separate sheets or layers 5, of corrugated paper, about a suitably shaped mandrel and interposing a piece or sheet of glued plane paper 4 between each two adj acent sheets or layers of corrugated paper 5. By winding the corrugated and plane paper about a mandrel, as described, the closed body l of substantially the shape of that shown in Figs. 3 and 4 results.

lVhen the booth body has been thus formed, the door panel 10 is cut out from one of the wider sides thereof along the lines 10-10, which extend the length of said booth body and the opposite edges 10 are covered with preferably wooden frames 11 to one of which the door 10 ishinged. If desired, a window 12 may be provided in the door 10. It is also desirable to cut the rear wall along the line 111 and separably join the sections together, so that these sections may be knocked down for shipping purposes.

The base 2 and top 3 of the booth are likewise constructed of corrugated paper, each ofl these parts consisting of a series of superposed layers of such corrugated paper with plane paper placed between and glued to adjacent layers. The opposite lateral edges of both the top and base members of the booth are provided with angular recesses to receive packing pieces 8 which are interposed between the upper and lower edges of the body 1 and the top and base members 3 and 2, respectively. The construction is such that a portion of the longitudinal wall of the body 1 overlaps the inner portions of the base 2 and top 3, whereby the parts are compactly and tightly juxtaposed.

When it is desired to ship the booth, the joint 14. is separated and the parts 15 and 16 of the body 1 are placed together as indicated in Fig. 5, the door 10 being placed within these parts. Thereafter a crate 17 is built around the parts 15 and 16, and braces 18 are placed within these parts and at opposite sides of the door 10. In this condition the booth, which is light and easily handled, may be shipped any desired distance without danger of breakage or other damage.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. The herein described method of manufacturing telephone booths or like structures, which consists in superposing successive layers of corrugated paper about a mandrel to form a closed body, thereafter cutting a panel out of one of the wider sides of said body by twice severing it throughout its height to form a door, movably supporting the door in the space left by cutting said panel, severing the wall of the body opposite that from which the panel was cut, separably connecting the severed sections, and applying top and bottom members to said body.

2. As an article of manufacture, a telephone booth comprising a body formed of corrugated paper having its rear wall centrally severed and the sections thereof separably connected, and a door opening throughout the height of its front wall, a door formed of superposed layers of corrugated paper hinged to swing in said door opening9 a top member of corrugated paper having an angular recess at one side resting on said body whereby a portion of said top member projects into said booth, and a base member of corrugated paper having an angular recess at one side in which recess the bottom of said body rests whereby a portion of said l0 base member projects upwardly into said body.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT BERAN. Witnesses:

ANTON MARELS, AUGUST FUGGER.

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